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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 96948 USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) Ten-million cubic foot "Winzen" research balloon on the carrier's flight deck just prior to launching, during Operation "Skyhook", Refly "B", 30 January 1960. The balloon carried scientific devices to measure and record primary cosmic rays at 18-to-22 miles altitude. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 109KB; 590 x 765 pixels

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1 September 1999